Category Archives: Interviews

Writing is Always Better with Cake – An Interview with Jessica Leader

Jessica Leader, author of Nice and Mean (Simon and Schuster/Aladdin) for tweens, is a teacher and writer. She earned her BA from Brown University and her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts.  Nice … Continue reading

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Blog Tour Stop for New YA Release – Ratgirl: Song of the Viper

Last May, I interviewed Gayle C. Krause, a prolific blogger, writer, and YA and children’s author. Today, I’m excited to share in Gayle’s blog tour as she introduces her new YA book available by the end of the week at Amazon … Continue reading

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Maine-ly about Kim – An Interview with Picture Book Author Kim Norman

Picture Book author Kim Norman grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but spends a few weeks each summer in Maine, where many of her relatives live. A Maine lake was the inspiration for the setting of her CROCODADDY. Kim & her husband have … Continue reading

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Writing with Pictures, Drawing with Words – An Interview with Writer/Illustrator Timothy Roland

Timothy Roland is a writer, illustrator and cartoonist who has been creating humorous children’s books for twenty-plus years. He earned a BFA in art and design from Alfred University, and then worked as an elementary school art teacher and a … Continue reading

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Visit My Interview on Sandy Benitez’s Blog!

Read an interview of me on editor and publisher Sandy Benitez’s blog here! Thanks, Sandy!

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Warming Up to Illustration – An Interview with Laura Diehl

Laura Diehl is a Northern Virginia based freelance illustrator who specializes in the genres of children’s/YA illustration, fantasy illustration and science fiction illustration. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Emphasis in Illustration, from James Madison University in … Continue reading

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Galloping Away with a Freelance Writer and Children’s Author – An Interview with Kitson Jazynka

Kitson Jazynka is a very successful writer who has published dozens of articles for adults and children in which she shows her love of animals and of horses in particular. She slowed down long enough to give us a glimpse … Continue reading

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An Interview with School Librarian Amy Steen

Elementary school librarian, Amy Steen, grew up in the little town of Windermere outside of Orlando, Florida. After graduating from Florida State University, she worked for five years as an Elementary School Librarian in Orlando while pursuing her Master’s degree … Continue reading

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An a-MAZE-ing Interview with Illustrator/Writer Roxie Munro

Roxie Munro is an author/illustrator of more than 35 children’s books (including EcoMazes; Mazescapes; The Inside-Outside Books: New York City [New York Times Best Illustrated Award], Washington DC, Texas, London, Paris, Libraries and Dinosaurs; Go!Go!Go!; and Hatch!). Her books have … Continue reading

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An Interview with Write Thinking Poet Kaylynté

Thinking is write, but you can’t write better than you think! ~KaylyntéWho is Poet Kaylynté? Kaylynté (pronounced Kay-Lynn-Tay) is an aspiring poet who is most known for her poems “Credulous Start”, “With the Wind”, and “Think Cycle”. She enjoys exploring the … Continue reading

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